Alma Adams

Alma Adams (27 May 1946-) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-NC 12) from 4 November 2014, succeeding Mel Watt.

Biography
Alma Adams was born in High Point, North Carolina in 1946, and she served on the Greensboro City School Board from 1984 to 1986 and on Greensboro City Council from 1987 until her appointment to a State House seat in 1994. From 1994 to 2014, she served in the State House as a Democratic Party member, and she replaced Mel Watt in the US House of Representatives after his 2014 resignation.